2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw

These are the official results of the Men's Javelin Throw event at the 2001 World Championships in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. There were a total number of 27 participating athletes, with the final held on Sunday August 12, 2001. The qualification mark was set at 84.00 metres.

Medalists

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bgcolor="gold"\|Gold	{{flagicon\|CZE}} Jan Železný Czech Republic (CZE)
bgcolor="silver"\|Silver	{{flagicon\|FIN}} Aki Parviainen Finland (FIN)
bgcolor="CC9966"\|Bronze	{{flagicon\|GRE}} Kostas Gatsioudis Greece (GRE)

Schedule

All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7)

colspan="2"\|Qualification Round
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Group A !Group B
10.08.2001 – 19:10h \|10.08.2001 – 21:00h
colspan="2"\|Final Round
colspan="2"\|12.08.2001 – 14:40h

Abbreviations

All results shown are in metres

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bgcolor="ccffcc"\| Q	automatic qualification
bgcolor="ddffdd"\| q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Records

colspan="5"\|Standing records prior to the 2001 World Athletics Championships
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World Record	{{flagathlete\|Jan Železný\|CZE}}	98.48 m	May 25, 1996	{{flagicon\|GER}} Jena, Germany
Event Record	{{flagathlete\|Jan Železný\|CZE}}	89.58 m	August 13, 1995	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Gothenburg, Sweden
Season Best	{{flagathlete\|Aki Parviainen\|FIN}}	92.41 m	June 24, 2001	{{flagicon\|FIN}} Vaasa, Finland
colspan="5"\|Broken records during the 2001 World Athletics Championships
Event Record	{{flagathlete\|Aki Parviainen\|FIN}}	91.31 m	rowspan=3\| August 12, 2001	rowspan=3\|{{flagicon\|CAN}} Edmonton, Canada
Event Record	rowspan=2\|{{flagathlete\|Jan Železný\|CZE}}	rowspan=2\|92.80 m
Season Best

Qualification

=Group A=

rowspan="2"\|Rank !rowspan="2"\|Overall !rowspan="2"\|Athlete !colspan="3"\|Attempts !rowspan="2"\|Distance !rowspan="2"\|Note
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1 !2 !3
style="background:#ccffcc;" \| 1	2	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Konstadinos Gatsioudis\|GRE}}	87.81	—	—	87.81 m
style="background:#ccffcc;" \| 2	4	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Raymond Hecht\|GER}}	84.90	—	—	84.90 m
style="background:#ccffcc;" \| 3	6	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Ēriks Rags\|LAT}}	81.99	77.86	84.13	84.13 m
style="background:#ddffdd;" \| 4	8	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Alexandr Ivanov\|RUS}}	83.18	78.04	X	83.18 m
style="background:#ddffdd;" \| 5	12	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Li Rongxiang\|CHN}}	81.39	81.78	80.71	81.78 m	SB
6	14	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Steve Backley\|GBR}}	81.50	80.63	81.40	81.50 m
7	15	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Harri Haatainen\|FIN}}	X	79.61	81.43	81.43 m
8	16	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Dariusz Trafas\|POL}}	79.06	81.38	81.07	81.38 m
9	17	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Peter Blank\|GER}}	80.96	79.11	X	80.96 m
10	18	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Emeterio González\|CUB}}	74.38	79.71	72.96	79.71 m
11	20	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Tom Pukstys\|USA}}	78.10	X	72.88	78.10 m
12	22	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Vadim Bavikin\|ISR}}	77.91	X	71.59	77.91 m
13	23	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Sergey Voynov\|UZB}}	76.77	X	X	76.77 m
—	—	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Matti Närhi\|FIN}}	X	X	X	NM

=Group B=

rowspan="2"\|Rank !rowspan="2"\|Overall !rowspan="2"\|Athlete !colspan="3"\|Attempts !rowspan="2"\|Distance !rowspan="2"\|Note
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1 !2 !3
style="background:#ccffcc;" \| 1	1	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Jan Železný\|CZE}}	90.76	—	—	90.76 m	CR
style="background:#ccffcc;" \| 2	3	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Boris Henry\|GER}}	86.53	—	—	86.53 m	SB
style="background:#ccffcc;" \| 3	5	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Mick Hill\|GBR}}	84.88	—	—	84.88 m	SB
style="background:#ddffdd;" \| 4	7	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Breaux Greer\|USA}}	83.60	79.26	—	83.60 m
style="background:#ddffdd;" \| 5	9	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Sergey Makarov\|RUS}}	81.80	82.92	80.10	82.92 m
style="background:#ddffdd;" \| 6	10	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Voldemārs Lūsis\|LAT}}	76.13	X	81.85	81.85 m
style="background:#ddffdd;" \| 7	11	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Aki Parviainen\|FIN}}	81.82	X	81.17	81.82 m
8	13	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Scott Russell\|CAN}}	79.98	80.04	81.66	81.66 m	NR
9	19	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Juha Laukkanen\|FIN}}	78.28	X	X	78.28 m
10	21	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Nick Nieland\|GBR}}	78.02	71.61	X	78.02 m
11	24	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Terry McHugh\|IRL}}	71.99	75.49	73.12	75.49 m
12	25	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Marc Van Mensel\|BEL}}	71.89	X	X	71.89 m
13	26	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Andreas Thorkildsen\|NOR}}	66.42	X	68.41	68.41 m

Final

rowspan="2"\|Rank !rowspan="2"\|Athlete !colspan="6"\|Attempts !rowspan="2"\|Distance !rowspan="2"\|Note
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1 !2 !3 !4 !5 !6
{{gold1}}	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Jan Železný\|CZE}}	81.76	92.80	89.45	X	87.28	X	92.80 m	CR
{{silver2}}	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Aki Parviainen\|FIN}}	91.31	X	X	X	X	X	91.31 m
{{bronze3}}	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Kostas Gatsioudis\|GRE}}	X	88.39	87.54	89.95	X	X	89.95 m
4	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Breaux Greer\|USA}}	87.00	85.61	X	X	X	X	87.00 m	PB
5	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Raymond Hecht\|GER}}	80.61	80.24	86.46	X	81.59	X	86.46 m
6	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Boris Henry\|GER}}	80.70	85.52	84.52	X	85.51	85.33	85.52 m
7	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Sergey Makarov\|RUS}}	83.64	78.59	X	X	—	—	83.64 m
8	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Ēriks Rags\|LAT}}	77.83	79.56	82.82	X	79.66	X	82.82 m
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9	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Li Rongxiang\|CHN}}	79.98	81.80	81.70	colspan=3\|	81.80 m	SB
10	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Alexandr Ivanov\|RUS}}	X	78.85	80.56	colspan=3\|	80.56 m
11	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Voldemārs Lūsis\|LAT}}	X	X	79.70	colspan=3\|	79.70 m
12	align=left\| {{flagathlete\|Mick Hill\|GBR}}	77.81	X	X	colspan=3\|	77.81 m

References

[http://todor66.com/athletics/world/2001/Men_Javelin_Throw.html Results]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20100530145720/http://koti.welho.com/mrasilai/ koti.welho]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20051228002137/http://www2.iaaf.org/WCH01/Results/byEvent.html IAAF]

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bgcolor="gold"\|Gold	{{flagicon\|CZE}} Jan Železný Czech Republic (CZE)
bgcolor="silver"\|Silver	{{flagicon\|FIN}} Aki Parviainen Finland (FIN)
bgcolor="CC9966"\|Bronze	{{flagicon\|GRE}} Kostas Gatsioudis Greece (GRE)